Hello again! Here are some more art pieces from the Ties over Time project:
Usuyaki by Jasper Johns (close-up)
I like this work very much though it is difficult to photograph. I am experimenting with mixed-media, using newsprint and altered books and was inspired by the use of colour and crosshatch technique used by Jasper Johns.
Primal Memory by Mariko Mori
I really enjoyed this installation of acrylic stones – made me think of a contemporary Stone Henge! It was only later that I read that the artist had conducted extensive research into the standing stone circles in Japan, thought to have been used in Winter Solstice rituals. Unlike Stone Henge and other standing stones in Northern Europe, which are vertically erected, the Japanese stones are low and horizontal. Very interesting (and beautiful)!
Wrapped Walk Ways by Christo and Jeanne Claude
I’m afraid I don’t understand some large contemporary installations. This work represents an unrealized project. The artists proposed to wrap a major part of Ueno park with fabric… why?
I actually like this work at the planning stage. it is a mix of pencil, charcoal, wax crayon, pastel and fabric. I fear I may have not have appreciated the project had it been completed, in quite the same way!
We come to my favourite works:
Notice-Forest by Yuken Teruya
These three works are simply amazing. The artist lays an ordinary paper shopping bag on its side and then cuts an extremely intricate tree shape out of the upper-most side. This tree shape is then installed inside the paper bag so the viewer can see, looking in through the open bag. The lighting creates shapes and shadows producing the most beautiful effect – and all out of a paper bag and some paste!
I love this comment on consumerism and the throw-away society we all live in. We should all, once in a while just stop and look at things closely. Slow down and live in the moment.
Apologies for the photos – these works were very difficult to capture as I couldn’t use a flash and had no tripod but hopefully you can imagine the beauty of what can be created from an ordinary brown paper bag!
